Tim Burton's "Frankenweenie" will open in theaters on Oct. 5, just in time for Halloween season. (Disney)

Tim Burton's original "Frankenweenie" short raised the eyebrows of fans and studio figures alike, when one of Disney's most creative mind showed a flair for slightly macabre storytelling.

The 1984 half-hour short tells the dark but sweet story of a young boy who sets out to revive his dead dog using the some nifty scientific tricks he learned, not unlike "Frankenstein," of course.

With his short film, Burton got some notice, though not from his Disney superiors, who fired him because they thought they couldn't trust him to make a feature-length movie more family-friendly. And they were definitely right about that, but wrong about Burton's potential success as a filmmaker, given he then gave us "Beetlejuice" and that whole "Batman" thing. [Watch the original "Frankenweenie" here]

Let's just say all is likely forgiven since Burton made one of Disney and film's all-time biggest money-makers in "Alice in Wonderland" in 2010. Oh, and Disney happens to be the studio releasing this version of the story, too. So it all came full circle, didn't it?

This year's "Frankenweenie" lets Burton go full-length with the story, and perhaps appropriately applies the stop-motion animation technique you've seen in "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Corpse Bride." And it's in black and white. So that's cool.

We also get some fun casting, with Burton veterans like Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara and Martin Landau, as well as the great Martin Short.

So consider me pretty stoked for what feels like Burton returning to his wheelhouse. The film is set to release Oct. 5, just in time for Halloween.